Creatine transporter deficiency: Prevalence among patients with mental retardation and pitfalls in metabolite screening

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• 作者：Angela Arias ; Marc Corbella ; Carmen Fons ; Angela Sempere ; Judit Garcí ; a-Villoria ; Aida Ormazabal ; Pilar Poo ; Mercé ; Pineda ; Marí ; a Antonia Vilaseca ; Jaume Campistol ; Paz Briones ; Teresa P&
• 关键词：Cerebral creatine deficiency syndrome ; Creatine ; Creatinine ; Guanidinoacetate ; Creatine transporter deficiency
• 刊名：Clinical Biochemistry
• 出版年：2007
• 期刊代码：55_00099120
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：November 2007
• 卷：40
• 期：16-17
• 页码：1328-1331
• 文件大小：161 K

摘要

To report the prevalence of creatine transporter deficiency in males with mental retardation and to study whether a protein-rich food intake might be a potential diagnostic pitfall.

Design and methods

We determined creatine/creatinine ratio in urine samples from 1600 unrelated male patients with mental retardation and/or autism. Urine creatine was analyzed by HPLC-MS/MS.

Results

Thirty-three of 1600 cases showed increased urine creatine/creatinine ratio. Four out of these thirty-three cases were definitively diagnosed with creatine transporter deficiency, while the other 29 were false positive results. Significantly higher values were observed for urine Cr/Crn ratio in healthy volunteers after a meal based on beef or oily fish as compared to eggs, pasta or salad (Wilcoxon test: p < 0.005).

Conclusions

False positive results may be observed in biochemical screening for creatine transporter deficiency, and they may be due to intake of meals rich in creatine prior to urine samples analysis.